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US 10,176,784 · App. 14/227,947 · Granted Jan 8, 2019

Multi-mode display sharing

Inventors: Aik Keong Ong (Singapore, SG); Boon Kiat Law (Singapore, SG)
Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
G09G5/14G06F3/1423G06F3/1454G09G5/006G09G2320/0693G09G2320/10G09G2370/025G09G2370/20G09G2370/22
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Patent No.
US 10,176,784
App. No.
14/227,947
Filed
Mar 27, 2014
Granted
Jan 8, 2019
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2618
USPC
345/660
Abstract

A multi-mode display device may, responsive to a user-selection, divide a display region into different regions corresponding to display data received from different user devices, such as a primary information handling system and a secondary portable information handling system. First display data received from the primary information handling system may be output to a first display region and second display data received from the secondary portable information handling system maybe output to a second display region.

Claims (68)

1. A method for sharing a multi-mode display device, comprising:

detecting, at the multi-mode display device, a first connection to a primary display source;

detecting, at a wireless interface associated with the multi-mode display device, a second connection to a secondary display source when the secondary display source is within operational proximity of the wireless interface;

responsive to detecting the second connection to the secondary display source, sending, display mode data to the primary display source, wherein the display mode data indicates which display modes are supported by the multi-mode display device when simultaneously outputting display source data from the primary display source and the secondary display source;

responsive to sending the display mode data, receiving, from the primary display source, selection data indicating:

a user-selected display mode based on the display mode data, wherein the user-selected display mode specifies a first display region of the multi-mode display device and a second display region of the multi-mode display device for simultaneously outputting display source data on the multi-mode display device, wherein the first display region is the same resolution as an overall display resolution of the multi-mode display device and the second display region is a floating window of a resolution; and

a relative position of the first display region relative to the second display region of the multi-mode display device;

outputting first display source data received via the first connection to the first display region at the relative position relative to the second display region; and

outputting second display source data received via the second connection to the second display region.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

sending an indication of the second display region to the secondary display source.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first display region is selected from:

standard-wide resolution;

ultra-wide resolution; and

near-square resolution.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein outputting the second display source data received via the second connection includes at least one of:

scaling the second display source data to match the second display region; and

setting an orientation of the second display source data to match the second display region.

5. The method of claim 1 , prior to outputting the first display source data, further comprising:

deactivating and activating the first connection;

receiving, via the first connection, a request for extended display identification data;

generating the extended display identification data according to the first display region; and

sending, via the first connection, the extended display identification data.

6. An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, that, when executed by a processor of a multi-mode display device, cause the processor to:

detect, at the multi-mode display device, a first connection to a primary display source;

detect, at a wireless interface associated with the multi-mode display device, a second connection to a secondary display source when the secondary display source is within operational proximity of the wireless interface;

responsive to the detection of the second connection to the secondary display source, send display mode data to the primary display source to indicate which display modes are supported by the multi-mode display device when simultaneously outputting display source data from the primary display source and the secondary display source;

responsive to the instructions to send the display mode data, receive, from the primary display source, selection data indicating:

a user-selected display mode based on the display mode data, wherein the user-selected display mode specifies a first display region of the multi-mode display device and a second display region of the multi-mode display device for simultaneously outputting display source data on the multi-mode display device, wherein the first display region is the same resolution as an overall display resolution of the multi-mode display device and the second display region is a floating window of a resolution; and

a relative position of the first display region relative to the second display region of the multi-mode display device;

output first display source data received via the first connection to the first display region at the relative position relative to the second display region; and

output second display source data received via the second connection to the second display region.

7. The article of manufacture of claim 6 , further comprising instructions to:

send an indication of the second display region to the secondary display source.

8. The article of manufacture of claim 6 , wherein the first display region is selected from:

standard-wide resolution;

ultra-wide resolution; and

near-square resolution.

9. The article of manufacture of claim 6 , wherein the instructions to output the second display source data received via the second connection includes instructions to perform at least one of:

scale the second display source data to match the second display region; and

set an orientation of the second display source data to match the second display region.

10. The article of manufacture of claim 6 , prior to outputting the first display source data, further comprising instructions to:

deactivate and activate the first connection;

receive, via the first connection, a request for extended display identification data;

generate the extended display identification data according to the first display region; and

send, via the first connection, the extended display identification data.

11. A multi-mode monitor, comprising:

a processor having access to a memory, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

detect, at the multi-mode monitor, a first connection to a primary display source;

detect, at a wireless interface associated with the multi-mode monitor, a second connection to a secondary display source when the secondary display source is within operational proximity of the wireless interface;

responsive to the detection of the second connection to the secondary display source, send display mode data to the primary display source to indicate which display modes are supported by the multi-mode monitor when simultaneously outputting display source data from the primary display source and the secondary display source;

responsive to the instructions to send the display mode data, receive, from the primary display source, selection data indicating:

a user-selected display mode based on the display mode data, wherein the user-selected display mode specifies a first display region of the multi-mode monitor and a second display region of the multi-mode monitor for simultaneously outputting display source data on the multi-mode monitor, wherein the first display region is the same resolution as an overall display resolution of the multi-mode display device and the second display region is a floating window of a resolution; and

a relative position of the first display region relative to the second display region of the multi-mode display device;

output first display source data received via the first connection to the first display region at the relative position relative to the second display region; and

output second display source data received via the second connection to the second display region.

12. The multi-mode monitor of claim 11 , further comprising instructions to:

send an indication of the second display region to the secondary display source.

13. The multi-mode monitor of claim 11 , wherein the first display region is selected from:

standard-wide resolution, ultra-wide resolution, and near-square resolution.

14. The multi-mode monitor of claim 11 , wherein the instructions to output the second display source data received via the second connection includes instructions to perform at least one of:

scale the second display source data to match the second display region; and

set an orientation of the second display source data to match the second display region.

15. The multi-mode monitor of claim 11 , prior to outputting the first display source data, further comprising instructions to:

deactivate and activate the first connection;

receive, via the first connection, a request for extended display identification data;

generate the extended display identification data according to the first display region; and

send, via the first connection, the extended display identification data.

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